Ritorno di Ulisse (c.1509)

Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Ritorno di Ulisse (Return of Ulysses/Penelope with the Suitors) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.5 x 152 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco, was part of a series of eight which decorated the walls of…

Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente (c.1480)

Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente (Saint Catherine of Alexandria with a Donor) c.1480 Oil on wood, 56.5 x 38.1 cm National Gallery, London This painting was made for private worship, and the donor who commissioned it is shown kneeling…

Madonna col Bambino benedicente (c.1480)

Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Madonna col Bambino benedicente (The Virgin and Blessing Child) c.1480 Tempera on wood, 53.5 x 35.5 cm National Gallery, London Presented by Queen Victoria at the Prince Consort’s wish, 1863. Pintoricchio painted a number of images of the Virgin…

Pinturicchio

(c.1454–1513) Bernardino di Betto Betti Bernardino di Betto di Biago The artist’s works: Crocifissione tra i santi Cristoforo e Girolamo Ante 1473 or c.1475–1478 Galleria Borghese, Roma Madonna col Bambino benedicente c.1480 National Gallery, London Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente c.1480 National Gallery, London Capo…

Giulia de’ Medici

(c.1535-c.1588) Giulia Romola di Alessandro de’ Medici Giulia in Art: Pontormo (1494-1557) Ritratto di Maria Salviati con Giulia de’ Medici c.1539 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore    

Supplizio del fornaio (c.1515)

Pontormo (1494-1557) Supplizio del fornaio (Pharaoh with his Butler and Baker) c.1515 Oil on wood, 61 x 51.7 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the panels that decorated the bedroom of Pierfrancesco Borgherini in the Borgherini palace in Florence. They…

Giuseppe con Giacobbe in Egitto (1518)

Pontormo (1494-1557) Giuseppe con Giacobbe in Egitto (Joseph with Jacob in Egypt) probably 1518 Oil on wood, 96.5 x 109.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the panels that were made to decorate the bedchamber of the banker Pierfrancesco Borgherini…

Giuseppe venduto a Putifarre (c.1515)

Pontormo (1494-1557) Giuseppe venduto a Putifarre (Joseph sold to Potiphar) c.1515 Oil on wood, 61 x 51.6 cm National Gallery, London This picture was commissioned to celebrate Pierfrancesco Borgherini’s marriage to Margherita Accaiuoli in 1515, and formed part of the decoration of…